| 单词 | channel-bill cuckoo |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschannel-bill cuckoo channelbill n. now rare (more fully channel-bill cuckoo) = channel-billed cuckoo n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Cuculiformes (cuckoos, etc.) > [noun] > family Cuculidae > other members or allies of malkoha1769 whetsaw1778 railbird1793 channelbill1801 guira1866 ground-cuckoo1883 channel-billed cuckoo1887 1801 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. II. 96 N. Holland Channel-Bill..is not very common, and first appears about Port Jackson in October. 1914 Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Jan. 24/2 The so-called storm-bird—who can't predict storms worth a cuss—is a cuckoo, the channel-bill cuckoo. 1941 Rotarian Dec. 60/3 Studies were made of the channelbill, a large cuckoo whose habits include the laying of eggs in the nests of other birds. 2006 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 27 May 30 The couple had long been wildlife carers to all kinds of unusual feathered creatures, including jabirus, magpies, hawks, owls and channelbill cuckoos. < as lemmas |
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